Physiological differences between men and women [OC]

xNOM · 2017-07-12T17:18:23+00:00

Biggest sexual dimorphism? Throwing ability. "Throwing like a girl" is a major thing. Suspected to be evolutionarily linked to hunting.

EDIT: https://motordevelopment.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/throwing-article.pdf

10.1080/02701367.2010.10599704

Also very dimorphic: grip strength.

game_r · 2017-07-12T16:53:25+00:00

Opinion: Sex isn’t a social construct, it’s a biological fact. Denying sexual dimorphism is borderline delusional. Gender quotas in occupations where physical strength is a necessity are costing actual lives every day. Claiming that women cannot become as capable soldiers/ policewomen/ firefighters as men isn’t sexist. Even the outliers than can pass the same standards as men have a higher chance of injury which can contribute to mission failure. An injured female will also need to spend more recovery/ retraining time to be physically/ combat ready compared to a male. A man trained only half as intensively as a woman will still perform significantly better than her. In conclusion, a woman having to pass the same physical standards as men is a compromise I am willing to accept, but we MUST recognize it is still a compromise.

bufedad · 2017-07-12T17:07:17+00:00

Minor correction. It's not lingaments... it's ligaments.

Otherwise, it looks good.

2017-07-12T17:21:25+00:00

http://www.unz.com/gnxp/men-are-stronger-than-women-on-average/

Every now and then there is a debate on who is more “anti-science”, the Left or the Right. I’m not too interested in the details of that, but, a few years ago I expressed my skepticism to Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science, that liberals were somehow reflexively more “pro-science.” I suggested to him, for example, that when it comes to aspects of the biological basis of human behavior, with the exception of homosexual orientation, liberals are highly resistant to accepting any differences across groups because of their adherence to social constructionism. Chris brushed this off, suggesting that the “science wars” were over, and even when it came to evolutionary psychology (broadly construed) the liberal Left had conceded to the best evidence on hand. I was not moved, because I’ve had years of exchange with many liberal Left folk who defy Chris’ assurance to me. This is most notable when it comes to sex differences, which are usually seen as less controversial, and evolutionarily should have some prior expectation due to dimorphism.

To give a concrete example of how far this goes, there are many liberal Left people who won’t even accede to the proposition that men are, on average, stronger in terms of upper body strength than women. A few years ago this came up on social media, where a friend who has a biology background from an elite university, even expressed skepticism at this, when I was trying to get her to be open to behavioral differences between the sexes by starting with something I thought she would at least agree with as reasonable. When I saw the lack of unequivocal acceptance of this point I decided to opt out of the conversation. This was basically face to face with Left Creationism

This is not to say that people are totally in denial. Rather, the standard educated tack by those with progressive tendencies kicks in. There are “problematic” terms which need to be “contextualized,” and “difference” needs to be considered as an expression of socially preferred categories and measurement. After the critical theory verbiage is hurled usually sane people want to run out of the room.

Electroverted · 2017-07-12T21:40:16+00:00

7% shorter is surprising, I thought it would be higher, but then I forget about the Eastern side of the world, which has a more normalized height comparison between both genders.

IDeliverToPMME_Users · 2017-07-12T18:06:42+00:00

Honest question, can we consider 20ms faster reaction as an actually important difference ?

I see easily why the others can matter or are impressive, but 20ms seems so incredibly tiny....

game_r · 2017-07-12T16:53:08+00:00

Edit: Typo corrected image: http://i.imgur.com/kY6d4AQ.png

The physiological differences between men and women are often vastly understated due to the feminist political agenda. As a result, most people don't know how vast the differences between the 2 sexes really are. It's tiring having to make the same arguments over and over again so I collected them in a single infographic. Feel free to use this image, no need to credit.

Sources:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8477683

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/whats-my-genetic-muscular-potential.html/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4456887/

https://www.builtlean.com/2010/08/03/ideal-body-fat-percentage-chart/

https://tall.life/height-percentile-calculator-age-country/

http://www.primarycareutah.com/bone-density-testing/

http://www.rpmphysicaltherapy.com/Sports-Training-Tampa/ACL-Injuries-in-Female-Athletes/a~8110--c~358065/article.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/4vcxd0/almost_all_men_are_stronger_than_almost_all_women/

clonette · 2017-07-13T03:55:24+00:00

You just laid out the best explanation for why women aren't subject to the draft. Well, that and the ability to get pregnant.

MexicanTeenGuy · 2017-07-13T00:42:30+00:00

I see no point in posting this. We are physically stronger. So ?

8thling · 2017-07-13T02:19:12+00:00

I fail to see how this has anything to do with mens rights?

GiverOfHarmony · 2017-07-13T05:27:41+00:00

I am a supporter of equal rights of all people, there is no reason to post this and will only bring chance of sexism in the comments towards men and women.

Title	Physiological differences between men and women [OC]
Author	game_r
Upvotes	17
Comments	35
Date	July 12, 2017 4:52 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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